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    Free Cloning software and select which partitions to clone

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by yobry1, Sep 14, 2016.

  1. yobry1

    yobry1 Newbie

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    I've got an hp branded samsung 128gb ssd drive I'm trying to clone old 250gb hdd to it. Samsung migration doesn't recognise the drive of course so I tried EaseUS, but it only lets me select either the entire drive, or only one partition on the drive. I obviously want to clone the windows partition 118gb and the mbr 200mb partition(system reserved) but like I said, it won't let me select more than 1 partition to clone and I have tried to clone one partition at a time but the ssd won't boot when I do that so I need another cloning software that lets you selectively clone as few or as many partitions at once. The old hdd has a recovery partition and hp tools partition that I don't need on the ssd.
     
    yobry1, Sep 14, 2016
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  2. superparamagnetic

    superparamagnetic Notebook Consultant

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    If you're somewhat proficient with linux, Clonezilla is one of the best.

    Alternatively you should be able to repair the MBR on the cloned drive using a Windows Install CD/USB
     
    superparamagnetic, Sep 15, 2016
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